Angus Kennedy

Angus Kennedy is convenor of the Academy of Ideas’ educational initiative The Academy which he established in 2011 as a modest attempt to demonstrate - over four days of reading and discussion - what university should be like and so rarely is. He is interested in and writes on the philosophy of freedom and is the author of Being Cultured: in defence of discrimination. Angus has MA’s in Classics from Christ Church, Oxford and Linguistics from Birkbeck College London as well as an MPhil in Artificial Intelligence from Dundee University. He works in information technology management consultancy.

 Related Sessions

Saturday 1 November 2008, 10.30am Henry Moore Gallery
The Battle for the Reader


Saturday 1 November 2008, 5.15pm Henry Moore Gallery
What is it to be educated?


Sunday 2 November 2008, 10.00am Henry Moore Gallery
Learning Jargonese



 Festival Buzz

"I was amazed by the high quality of the Battle of Ideas 2007 and the intellectual excitement that it provoked."
Prof Malcolm Grant CBE, president and provost, University College London